{"id":91548,"date":"2026-07-06T04:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/saginaw-michigan-officials-push-to-remove-decades-old-property-tax-cap-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:45:53","slug":"saginaw-michigan-officials-push-to-remove-decades-old-property-tax-cap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/saginaw-michigan-officials-push-to-remove-decades-old-property-tax-cap-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saginaw, Michigan Officials Push to Remove Decades-Old Property Tax Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783327553007.png?resize=1%2C1&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91547\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Officials in Saginaw, Michigan are pushing to do away with a cap on property tax revenues that has been in effect for close to five decades.<\/p><p>The move would mark a major change in how the city manages its property tax collections, as local leaders seek to remove the longstanding restriction that has limited revenue for nearly 50 years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City officials in Saginaw, Michigan are working to eliminate a property tax revenue cap that has been in place for nearly 50 years. The effort represents a significant shift in how the city could collect and use property tax dollars going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783327553007.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nOA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91538,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/saginaw-michigan-officials-push-to-remove-decades-old-property-tax-cap\/","url_meta":{"origin":91548,"position":0},"title":"Saginaw, Michigan Officials Push to Remove Decades-Old Property Tax Cap","author":"Admin","date":"July 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"City officials in Saginaw, Michigan are working to eliminate a property tax revenue cap that has been in place for nearly 50 years. 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